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Sex Differences In Relationships

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Theoretical Perspectives <ul><li>Evolutionary theory </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Men may be more likely to cheat and show less commitment because the costs of pregnancy are lower (Buss & Schmitt, 1993; Cann, Magnum & Wells, 2001). </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Social role theory </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Women have been primarily responsible for work inside the home which has led them to develop more communal attitudes including more positive attitudes toward marriage (Eagly,1987) </li></ul></ul>

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Empirical Evidence <ul><li>Oliver and Hyde, 1993 </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Men have more sexual partners than women (d=.25) </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Men are more likely to engage in extramarital sex than women (d=.29) </li></ul></ul>

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Questionnaire <ul><li>Attitudes Towards Marriage (Wallin, 1954) </li></ul><ul><ul><li>If you marry, to what extent will you miss the life you have had as a single person? </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Not at all (1) Very much (6) </li></ul></ul></ul>

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Questionnaire <ul><li>Commitment Scale (Lund, 1985) </li></ul><ul><ul><li>I would rather spend my free time with my partner than doing other things or seeing other people. </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Not at all (1) Very much (6) </li></ul></ul></ul>

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Questionnaire <ul><li>Infidelity Scale </li></ul><ul><ul><li>I have had a purely physical relationship with someone other than my partner. </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Never Once Twice More than twice </li></ul></ul></ul>

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Discussion <ul><li>Men and women showed no significant differences in their self-reported attitudes and behaviors </li></ul><ul><li>Women viewed men as having more negative attitudes and behaviors than men self-reported </li></ul><ul><li>Men were relatively accurate in predicting women’s attitudes </li></ul><ul><li>Men viewed women more negatively in regards to fidelity than women self-reported </li></ul>

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Discussion <ul><li>Women are more likely than men to discuss relationship issues (Brody & Hall, 1993) </li></ul><ul><li>Popular media emphasizes that men have difficulty in relationships </li></ul><ul><li>Women and men perceive themselves more positively than the opposite sex (Epley & Dunning, 2000) </li></ul>